Why use U* over VMS

[larry hughes]

In article <4283 at lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard at thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
>In article <803 at inews.intel.com> bhoughto at cmdnfs.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>>Would a POSIX-compliant VMS fix this?
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>Uhm, Blair...could VMS be hacked up into POSIX compliance? If so, then it's
>a looser standard than it should be...

VMS is scheduled for POSIX-compliance (though I cannot remember the
timeframes).  It's called VIP (VMS Integrated POSIX).

To answer the first question, a POSIX-complaint VMS would not
fix this, to my understanding.  POSIX defines the calling standard
(interface) to the operating system.  However, I don't have a deep
understanding of this, so don't take my word for it.

Any POSIX gurus out there that can give a brief comment?

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